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Spanish princess denies tax fraud allegations

Disgraced princess Cristina of Spain has denied any role in fraud allegations, reports El Pais newspaper. The princess on Thursday was cross-examined in a criminal trial in a case that involves embezzlement and misuse of public funds. Her brother, King Felipe, has stripped her Duchess of Palma aristocratic title.

Central European countries say they have "nothing to hide" on rule of law issues - while justice commissioner Vera Jourova said they should agree to the Commission's controversial budget plans on rule of law conditionality.

Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says the EU-US data sharing pact known as Privacy Shield will play an increasingly minor role given the general data protection regulation.